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April 27 Deaths in History - April 27 Birthdays - April 27 Events
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April 27, 2003 Dorothee Solle, German Theologian April 27, 2002 George Alec Effinger, writer, ", Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Stories, ", dies at 55 April 27, 2002 Ruth Handler, inventor, invented Barbie, dies at 85 April 27, 2000 Vickie Sue Robinson, disco diva, Turn the Beat Around, dies at 45 April 27, 1999 Al Hirt, jazz master, trumpeter, dies at 76 April 27, 1998 Carlos Castenada, Peruvian Writer April 27, 1997 Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73 April 27, 1996 Joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86 April 27, 1996 William Egan Colby, cIA Director, dies at 76 April 27, 1996 William Colby, American Public Servant April 27, 1994 Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69 April 27, 1994 John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48 April 27, 1994 Lynne Frederick Unger, actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39 April 27, 1993 Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90 April 27, 1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83 April 27, 1991 Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, California Gold Rush), dies at 74 April 27, 1991 Marcus Heeresma, writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies April 27, 1986 J. Allen Hynek, American Scientist April 27, 1984 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 April 27, 1982 Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 April 27, 1978 Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered April 27, 1977 Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 April 27, 1975 Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86 April 27, 1973 Libbe de Wal, founder of Humanistic Covenant, dies at 72 April 27, 1972 Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 April 27, 1972 Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling April 27, 1970 Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 April 27, 1969 Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 April 27, 1965 Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel and Albert), dies at 61 April 27, 1965 Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57 April 27, 1965 Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist April 27, 1964 Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 April 27, 1961 Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 April 27, 1959 Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies April 27, 1957 Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies April 27, 1950 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 April 27, 1950 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies April 27, 1938 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 April 27, 1937 Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 April 27, 1936 Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 April 27, 1936 Karl Pearson, mathematician, dies April 27, 1932 Harold "Heart" Crane, U.S. poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 April 27, 1915 Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 April 27, 1915 Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer April 27, 1902 Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 April 27, 1901 Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81 April 27, 1893 John Murray Corse, U.S. general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday April 27, 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. poet (Representive Men), dies April 27, 1881 Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 April 27, 1872 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 April 27, 1871 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59 April 27, 1813 Zebulon M Pike, U.S. explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 April 27, 1806 Amalia Furstin Gallitzin, Prussian daughter of Golitsyn, dies at 57 April 27, 1794 William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 April 27, 1764 Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 April 27, 1758 Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 April 27, 1702 Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 April 27, 1695 Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 April 27, 1694 Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 April 27, 1682 Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies April 27, 1656 Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 April 27, 1656 Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60 April 27, 1605 Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 April 27, 1521 Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 April 27, 1404 Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 April 27, 1124 Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies April 27, 1076 Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies |